The Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) is a nonpartisan nonprofit research, policy, and advocacy organization committed to promoting access and success in higher education for all students, with a focus on students of color, students from low-income backgrounds, and other historically marginalized populations.

Degree Completion Barriers in Justice and Education Data & Transparency Affordability & Need-Based Aid
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Degree Completion

Higher education can be a pathway to economic security, social mobility, and society-wide value – but only if the student completes their degree.

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IHEP promotes opportunity through

Barriers in Justice and Education

Nearly 94 percent of adults incarcerated in the United States do not have a postsecondary degree.

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Data & Transparency

Our system of higher education is data-rich but information-poor.

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Affordability & Need-Based Aid

Need-based aid does more than make college more affordable – it makes college possible.

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Lighting the Path to Remove Systemic Barriers in Higher Education and Award Earned Postsecondary Credentials through IHEP’s Degrees When Due Initiative

Degrees When Due team

Lighting the Path to Remove Systemic Barriers in Higher Education and Award Earned Postsecondary Credentials through IHEP’s Degrees When Due Initiative
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"Opening the Promise:" The Five Principles of Equitable Policymaking

Informed by the Advisory Committee for Equitable Policymaking Processes

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Implementing a Student-Level Data Network (Part III): Insights from Financial Aid Experts

James Isaac and Josh Pretlow, RTI International, and Amanda Janice Roberson, IHEP

Implementing a Student-Level Data Network (Part III): Insights from Financial Aid Experts
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The Most Important Door That Will Ever Open: Realizing the Mission of Higher Education Through Equitable Recruitment, Admissions, and Enrollment Policies

Karen Bussey, Kimberly Dancy, Alyse Gray Parker, Eleanor Eckerson Peters, and Mamie Voight

The Most Important Door That Will Ever Open: Realizing the Mission of Higher Education Through Equitable Recruitment, Admissions, and Enrollment Policies

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